I just back from the U17s and Levassuer was the best goalie there by far, IMO he is the next big goalie name in the QMJHL and for the 2005 draft. Against Ontario at the Glacier rink he made 40 saves on 42 shots as Ontario beat Quebec 2-1 as Quebec could only get around 15 or 16 shots on goal.
Ryan Mior was possiblay the 2nd best goalie in the tourny for Atlantic.
Cary Price was absuluty horrible and was pulled in few games and looked really bad in others.
The best Forward there might have been Andrew Cogliano from Ontario, super fast skater, awsome shot as he likes to shoot the puck, decent passing and needs better stickhandling. He is so fast that is just opens up tons of room for him and his shot is super deadly.
Best d-man could come down to a few names, Anikeenko from russia looked awsome big dman, great in his end, very hard crisp passer, great skating, took the body and able to give out big hits, good shot from the point, could create offense and played awsome defense as well.
Patrick McNeill looked super impressive as well, very good shooter from the point, played super positional defense, worked the puck around great at the point and played a very safe game.
Christoph Gawlik is the next big name from Germany I can tell you that, I think he is a late birthday making him 2006 ranked, every scout noticed him, super stickhandler with great passing and playmaking, average shot, but a great skater and is always in good position in the offensive zone. This guy was one of the most impressive players at the tourny and IMO is way better than Marcel Goc at this age...and I mean way better.
For Russia the top ranked Russian forward Sopin for 2005 did nothing, the best forward for 2005 from Russia comes down to Isotomin or Churlin the captin of the team. But I think the two best Russians are Anikeenko and Buravchikov their two d-man who are super in the back end and also great at adding offense.
Haven't heard much about him since?
